CITYHOOD CELEBRATION -- Department of Agriculture Sec. Arthur Yap (here represented by DA Training Institute head Asterio Sailot, 2nd left) was adopted son of Kalinga province during the celebration of the first year anniversary of Tabuk as a city. Also on stage are (l-r) Tabuk City mayor Camilo Lammawin Jr., Kalinga Gov. Floydelia Diasen, Kalinga Rep. Manuel Agyao, the mayor’s wife Salud, and DOT-CAR Dir. Purificacion Molintas.
-- Harley Palangchao

PHILIPPINE ARBOR DAY was marked last Wednesday, 25 June, by SM City Baguio employees who planted around 550 tree seedlings at the Baguio Dairy Farm. According to the DENR, more than 100,000 tree seedlings were planted in the Cordillera region on said date. -- SM Photo

FOR CONSUMER SAFETY -- Engr. Gaudencio Tiwing, head of the DOH Environment and Occupational Health Division, assures the city council that water refilling stations in the city are regularly inspected to safeguard the wellbeing of consumers. The DOH, the BWD, and the CHO were invited during the Monday regular session to give insight on the proposal of councilor Nicasio Aliping requiring restaurants and eateries to provide potable water for their customers. -- Dan Ricky Ong

BAGUIO PICNIC c. 1920s
-- This photograph appears in the exhibition Haponés: The Early 20th Century Japanese Community of Baguio at the Gallery, Lower Basement, SM City Baguio. First mounted at the UP Vargas Museum in Quezon City in November 2007, the exhibition is on loan from the UP Asian Center to the BaguioBenguetStudies. -- E.R.Alcantara

RICE MONITORING -- Officials of the Department of Trade and Industry, Department of Agriculture and the National Food Authority made the rounds to monitor and evaluate the sale of rice in Baguio and Benguet. The team led by DA OIC Jerry Baliang (2nd from r) includes Leticia Palabay of the NFA, Richard Limpin, William Salvador, and Atty Willy Clemente of DTI-Baguio-Benguet. -- Art Tibaldo

MATAGOAN ETHNIC RACE -- People from all walks of life compete in the much-awaited 7-kilometer Matagoan ethnic marathon race in Tabuk City early morning of June 25 as the city marked its first founding anniversary and celebrated its 7th Matagoan festival. -- Harley Palangchao